Threat posed by ‘provocative’ Russia and China has left US no choice but to prepare for orbital skirmishes
Command, the arm of the military responsible for space operations, said Russian aggression and China’s vision to become the dominant space power by mid-century, had left the US with “no choice” but to prepare for orbital skirmishes.
Four countries, namely China, the US, India and Russia, have tested anti-satellite capabilities by destroying their own satellites with missiles from the ground. But such demonstrations, which the US, create vast clouds of debris that put other satellites at risk for decades. Russia and China are working on spacecraft capable of anti-satellite operations. In 2020, the US accused Russia ofMeanwhile, China has launched a satellite with a robotic arm capable of grabbing other satellites, and has developed a way to place explosives in the thruster nozzles of adversary’s satellites. The explosives are designed to go undetected for long periods and when detonated resemble an innocent engine malfunction.
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